Earlier today I wrote about a state lawmaker Emily O’Brien, a former University of North Dakota employee who feels she was treated unprofessionally by superiors there because of political biases. Specifically she says Provost Thomas DiLorenzo made disparaging comments about Republican lawmakers, generally, and was upset that O’Brien specifically defeated former lawmaker and North Dakota…

MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota State College of Science President John Richman has long been desirous of further expanding his campus from Wahpeton, where it is mandated by the state constitution to reside, into Fargo. Many, including this observer, feel the hiring of former state lawmaker and current Fargo City Commission member Tony Grindberg to…

Last week on June 27 the State Board of Higher Education voted 5-3 to allow North Dakota State College of Science President John Richman to pursue financial support for a further expansion of his campus into Fargo. Why that Wahpeton-based institution needs to enlarge its presence Fargo where we already have North Dakota State University is…

Another day, another example of incompetent administration in the North Dakota University System. At the North Dakota State College of Sciences the private records of some 15,000 students and faculty were exposed to intruders: “We do not have sufficient evidence, however, to determine without a doubt that the information was not accessed,” the school’s website…

I’ve often accused the North Dakota universities of not putting students at the top of their list of priorities, but this is ridiculous: The autopsy of Andrew Sadek was supposed to be finished by now but officials say it’s pushed back until at least next week. Sadek’s body was found in the Red River near Wahpeton…

I was on Chris Berg’s 6:30 Point of View program last night on Valley News Live for my usual Monday segment, albeit one shortened by weather coverage this time around. We discussed the deferred maintenance report the NDUS got last week, which detailed over $808 million worth of problems, including the fact that some researchers…